hom

Signification (English)

milt (fish semen)

Concepts

laitance

Synonyms

melk

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Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen néerlandais: homme

Cognate with vieux norrois: húm

In summary

From Middle Dutch homme, identical to homme (“mold”), of uncertain origin, but probably related to Old Norse húm (“dusky, twilight”), from Proto-Germanic *skim- (“to shine-”), which has been compared to Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”), but according to the Etymologisch Woordenboek this is extremely unlikely.